OBJECTIVE AND DYNAMICAL STUDIES OF TROPICAL WEATHER PHENOMENA

Abstract

IBM card data for the Caribbean was processed in the form of layer averages of wind components, height, temperature, and relative humidity. The averaged quantities were mapped by the computer, and subjective analyses were partially completed. A computer program for obtaining a streamfunction was completed. The streamfunction is made to fit observed winds, while observed heights are used as an initial guess. No boundary conditions are required. A preliminary analysis indicates that the results are quite satisfactory. Analyses of computer value of vorticity, divergence, and vertical motion were also begun, and average magnitudes of these quantities were determined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1962
Accession Number
AD0296408

Entities

People

  • R.l. Mancuso
  • R.m. Endlich

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Delphi Method
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Meteorology
  • Naval Shore Facilities
  • Navy
  • New Jersey
  • Research Facilities
  • Weather
  • Wind

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Systems Analysis and Design